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    <body><![CDATA[This book was less incendiary than I would have guessed, based solely on the title. I was pleased to see that the author didn't simply take the anti-media stance preferred by many in the education field, but rather spoke to a number of experts in the field and formed some interesting opinions and re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22888633">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The word &quot;fearmongering&quot; comes to mind when I think back to reading this book.<br/><br/>And yet, I remain susceptible to the marketing ploys specifically designed to get me to part with my money ... it's amazing how easy it is to dismiss things/shows/programs targeted at children as inno...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69634640">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A couple more books that we are discussing for the award that I liked...Buy, Buy, Baby: How Consumer Culture Manipulates Parents and Harms Young Minds by Susan Gregory Thomas. One of the subjects that I am interested in and have been reading about for a long time is brain development. I have been re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5960886">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was such a fascinating book. I love any non-fictioin book that makes me say &quot;No way!&quot; outloud every chapter or so. I really learned a lot and as a new parent, it opened my eyes to the influence of marketing on children, as well as my responsibility as a parent to teach my child to be ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12882663">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[wow, this book opened my eyes. Okay, opened them wider. I thought I knew a lot about the insidious workings of marketers in terms of children. I knew jack about some of the stuff I read in here.<br/><br/>And I'm in this book. I am a Gen-X, R3 mom. I'm on the restrictive side; I spend lots of time ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3973942">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very scary book!  I was shocked at how well marketers know our generation of mothers and how they play on our deepest values and insecurities to sell us things that our babies &quot;need.&quot;   The research about media geared to children is eye-opening and terrifying.  It is presented in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4399357">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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